Non-refillable bottle.



S. SUMICH.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.22.1916.

1,224,231. Patented May1,1917.

SIMUN SUMICI-I, OF ROSEBURG, OREGON.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 191?.

Application filed August 22, 19 16. Serial No. 116,273.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMUN SUMIoH, a citizen of Austria, residing at Roseburg, in the county of Douglas and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is the provi-' sion of a so-called non-refillable bottle,which shall be relatively cheap in first cost, simple in construction and easily manipulated; which shall be provided with a safety plug that cannot be accidentally displaced by jarring or shaken from its normal location within the neck of the bottle, and which cannot be removed without destruction until the neck of the bottle has been broken.

A further object is the provision of an additional or ordinary stopper of suitable material located below the safety plug which will close the neck of the bottle and prevent the contents from coming in contact with the plug, and which stopper can be used after the neck has been broken ofl to close the bottle in the ordinary way.

A further object is the provision of eficient and simple means for cutting the neck of the bottle sufliciently to insure an even and smooth breakage of the glass when the top is to be remove I With these ends in view, my invention consists in certain novelties of construction and combinations of parts as herein set forth and claimed.

The accompanying drawing illustrates an example of the embodiment of my invention constructed and the parts combined according to the best modes of procedure I have so far devised for the purpose.

Figure l is a view of a bottle with the neck, safety plug, and stopper in vertical section.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the bottle.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the safety lu P Fig. 4 is a side view in elevation of the same, showing the lugs.

Fig. 5 is a side view of the same, showing the dovetailed groove.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the locking bolts.

Fig. 7 is a side view of the same.

Fig. 8 is a section of the bottle neck on line 88.

Fig. 9 is a cross section of Fig. 6 on line 9-9.

Referring to the figures of the drawing, the letter A designates a bottle of any type or size, preferably of glass or other vitreous material; B, the neck of the bottle; C, an ordinary stopper of cork or other suitable material; D, the safety plug, of porcelain or other suitable material, preferably frangible; and E is the lock, preferably having metallic bolts.

The neck B of the bottle has an exterior circumferential groove 1 located approximately about the central line of the seated stopper or cork, an interior curved surface 2, slots 3, 3, preferably tapering downwardly from the top edge of the opening, and an interior circular groove or two seats 4, 4 each with a shoulder 5, all as shown in the sectional view.

The safety plug D is shaped exteriorly to closely fit the interior surface of the neck and at its sides is provided with ribs 6, 6 each with a beveled surface, said ribs fitting the slots 3, 3 in the opening of the neck. The bottom end of the plug has a dovetailed slot 7 in line with the groove or seats 4, 4 when the plug is seated.

The lock E comprises two bolts 8, 8 each having beveled edges 9, 9, a projecting lug 10 and one end 11 of less width than the opposite end whereby the ends 11 of the bolts may overlap and both slide within the dovetailed slot toward and away from each other. Each lug 10 has a hole to receive the end of a helical spring 12 whereby the spring is retained in place and by its expansive energy holds the bolts in their outward positions with the ends beneath the shoulders 5 of the groove or seats 4, 4, as shown. Obviously, the lock fastens the plug within the neck of the bottle so it cannot be removed without breaking the same, and it prevents access to the cork stopper.

To provide for the easy breakage of the neck of the bottle on a straight line and with a substantially smooth surface there is provided a metallic fiat spring collar F having a hardened point G. This collar is located within the exterior (groove 1, where it is held by its own resiliency. When turned about the neck with a slight pres sure the point will cut the glass sufficiently to make a breaking line extending in a circle midway of the cork or stopper.

When inserting the plug, it will be noted, the ends of the bolts frictionally contact with the beveled surfaces of the slots 3,

I have provided an improved non-refillable bottle of simple construction and cheap first cost. The stopper and safety plug can easily be applied without the aid of special machinery. The contents of the bottle does not come in contact with the safety plug. There is no liability of the plug accidentally becoming broken, as its top surface is preferably in line with the top edge of the neck, or displaced from its normal locked position; and as the safety plug need not tightly -fit its seat in the neck space is provided for the expansion and contraction of the glass and plug, preferably of porcelain, under changes of temperature without subjecting either to breaking strains.

Vi hat I claim is:

1. The combination in a non-refillable bottle having a neck with an exterior groove forming a breaking line, slots with beveled surfaces within the opening of the neck, opposite seats located below the beveled surfaces, a stopper within the neck located opposite the breaking groove,a frangible plug having ribs with beveled surfaces matching the beveled surfaces of the slots in the neck, and non-accessible spring locking bolts engaging the said opposite seats.

2. The combination in a non-refillable bottle having a neck with an exterior groove forming a breaking line, slots with beveled surfaces within the opening of the neck, opposite seats located below the beveled surfaces, a stopper within the neck located opposite the breaking groove, a frangible plug having ribs with beveled surfaces matching the beveled surfaces of the slots in the neck and also provided with an open dovetailed slot at the bottom, and a locking device comprising two movable overlapping bolts fitting the dovetailed slot and having lugs supporting a spring.

3. The combination with a bottle having a neck with an exterior breaking groove,

two interior seats, and two grooves each with a beveled surface, of a plug with longitudinal ribs and provided at the lower end with two reciprocating bolts and a spring, whereby when the plug is seated in the neck opening the bolts are forced toward each other and when the plug is seated the bolts will move apart and engage the said seats.

4. A safety plug for a non-refillable bottle having at its lower end a dovetailed slot open at the bottom, two overlapping reciprocating bolts within said slot each bolt having a lug, and a spring engaging the 'lugs and normally forcing the bolts apart.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SIMUN SUMIOH. Witnesses:

CHAS. F. HorKINs, E. G. LOYD.

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